A Career of Japan is the first study of one of the major photographers and personalities of nineteenth-century Japan. Baron Raimund von Stillfried was the most important foreign-born photographer of the Meiji era and one of the first globally active photographers of his generation. He played a key role in the international image of Japan and the adoption of photography within Japanese society itself.
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# 80115-0031 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 7 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0032 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 8 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0033 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 9 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0034 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 10 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0035 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 11 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0036 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 12 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0037 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 13 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0038 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 14 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0039 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 15 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0040 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 16 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0041 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 17 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0042 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 18 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0043 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 19 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
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# 80115-0044 Kobe, 1906 New Year Celebrations 20 Meiji Customs New Year Kozaburo Tamamura Collotype Print Kozaburo Tamamura |
@Jim Clinefelter Thanks, Jim. I love it when photographers leave their name card like that! Yamamoto’s studio …
The clue to who took this image is the kanji on the man’s haori, 寫山茂堂 …
高橋様 明治5年(1872年)、明治天皇の西国御巡幸の際、宮内省御用掛の写真師第一号として随行し、内田九一は長崎を訪れたので、日付を1872年に変更しました。
高橋様 「OLD PHOTOS OF JAPAN」のドゥイツです。ご案内誠にありがとうございます。 高橋様の情報を追加致しました。
この長崎の写真は明治6年に内田九一が撮影したものです。国際日本文化研究センター所蔵の内田写真館のアルバムYA033に他の九一の写真といっしょに入っています。